Radio Shack PRO-2053, Owner'S Manual

Page 1: ...Owner s Manual Please read before using this equipment PRO 2053 300 Channel Desktop Trunk Tracking Scanner ...

Page 2: ...erence and 2 This device must accept any interfer ence received including interference that may cause undesired operation WARNING MODIFICATION OF THIS DE VICE TO RECEIVE CELLULAR RADIO TELEPHONE SERVICE SIGNALS IS PROHIBITED UNDER FCC RULES AND FEDERAL LAW Note Mobile use of this scanner is unlawful or requires a permit in some areas Check the laws in your area WARNING To reduce the risk of fire o...

Page 3: ...e 12 FM Mode 12 Motorola Mode 12 EDACS Mode 13 Open and Closed Modes 14 Operation 14 Turning on the Scanner and Setting Squelch 14 Storing Known Frequencies into Channels 15 Storing Trunking Frequencies into Channels 16 Storing Text Tags 16 Assigning a Text Tag to a Channel 16 Assigning a Text Tag to a Group ID 17 Assigning a Text Tag to a Bank 17 Text Input Chart 17 Finding and Storing Active Fre...

Page 4: ... Tone On and Off 29 Changing the Display Contrast 29 Cloning Programmed Data 29 Trunking Operation 30 Understanding Trunking 31 Setting Squelch for the Trunking Mode 31 Programming Trunking Frequencies 31 Programming Motorola Trunking Systems UHF Lo 32 Programming Motorola Trunking System 800 MHz 33 Programming Fleet Maps 33 Talk Group IDs 35 Storing Talk Group IDs 35 Talk Group ID Hold 36 Turning...

Page 5: ...5 Contents Frequency Conversion 49 Troubleshooting 50 Resetting Initializing the Scanner 50 Resetting the Scanner 50 Initializing the Scanner 50 Care 51 Specifications 52 ...

Page 6: ... those used by police and fire departments ambulance ser vices government agencies air and ama teur radio services Your scanner includes these features Simultaneous Trunking Operation tracks two trunking systems Motorola and EDACS and conventional systems at the same time Automatic Channel Programming auto matically determines the group trunking fre quencies for Motorola trunking systems only once...

Page 7: ... Connector lets you connect an external antenna not sup plied to the scanner Memory Backup keeps the frequencies stored in memory for an extended time even without internal batteries Supplied Trunking Guide provides a quick reference to public safety trunking ra dio systems in the United States Your scanner can receive these frequencies 25 54 MHz 108 136 9875 MHz 137 174 MHz 216 0025 225 MHz 406 5...

Page 8: ...scan ner 2 Plug the adapter s two prong plug into a standard AC outlet Using Vehicle Battery Power You can power the scanner from a vehicle s 12V power source such as a cigarette light er socket using an optional 12 volt power cord and a size D Adaptaplug adapter available at your local RadioShack store Cautions You must use a power cord that supplies 12V DC and delivers at least 500 mA Its center...

Page 9: ... or RG 8 to connect the base station or mobile antenna For lengths over 50 feet use RG 8 low loss dielectric coaxial cable If the antenna s ca ble does not have a BNC connector you will also need a BNC adapter also available at your local RadioShack store Your local Ra dioShack store carries a wide variety of co axial antenna cable and connectors Once you choose an antenna follow the mounting inst...

Page 10: ...ee Cloning Programmed Data on Page 29 You can also upload or down load the programmed data to or from a PC using an optional PC interface kit available through your local RadioShack store ˆ About Your Scanner Once you understand a few simple terms used in this manual and familiarize yourself with your scanner s features you can put the scanner to work for you You simply deter mine the type of comm...

Page 11: ...ams frequencies into chan nels ENTER completes the entry of frequencies and text 1 enters a 1 or inputs characters 0 through 9 in text mode 2 ABC enters a 2 or inputs characters A B or C 3 DEF enters a 3 or inputs characters D E or F 4 GHI enters a 4 or inputs characters G H or I 5 JKL enters a 5 or inputs characters J K or L 6 MNO enters a 6 or inputs characters M N or O 7 PQRS enters a 7 or inpu...

Page 12: ...fy the channel within the bank òò òò òò òò to ðé ðé ðé ðé Search Banks Your scanner has five preprogrammed search banks and one limit search bank You can set the lower and higher frequency limit in the limit search bank For the default set ting see Searching a Preprogrammed Fre quency Range on Page 18 UNDERSTANDING YOUR SCANNER S MODES You can program each channel with any of four receive modes AM...

Page 13: ...òVñð òòòVñð where 000 identi fies all police users and 12 identifies the Detective division To properly map the raw Type I data to the correct fleet subfleet format you must pro gram the correct fleet map into the scanner Fleet map information is widely available on the Internet for most Type I systems in use Type II system talk groups are identified by a 5 digit number Valid talk group IDs are di...

Page 14: ...ons When the signals are in the FM mode When the signals are in the MOT or ED mode and the signal s ID code matches the programmed ID code You can also select the user or talk groups you want the scanner to receive in closed mode When you set a channel storage bank to open mode ö ö ö ö appears under the bank s number while scanning When you set a channel storage bank to closed mode V V V V ap pear...

Page 15: ...te When is on the display you can also select your desired bank and chan nel number with the FUNC and arrow keys Press FUNC then press 8 8 8 8 or 9 9 9 9 The bank number moves in the direc tion of the arrow pressed Press FUNC then press and hold 8 8 8 8 or 9 9 9 9 The bank number moves con tinuously in the assigned direction Press 8 8 8 8 The channel number moves upward one by one Or press 9 9 9 9...

Page 16: ...oring text tags up to 12 characters for easy iden tification of channel transmissions trunk IDs or banks Assigning a Text Tag to a Channel 1 Press MAN enter the channel number where you want to enter the text then press MAN again and the bank and channel number appear at the upper left corner of the display for example ñòò ñòò ñòò ñòò 2 Press PROG changes to 3 Press TEXT The cursor appears at the ...

Page 17: ... third line of the display Enter the text using the keypad See Text Input Chart 4 Press ENTER to store Text Input Chart Notes To access the numbers after you press TEXT when you assign the text tag to a channel or you press FUNC and 7 when you assign the text tag to a bank press 1 Then press the desired number you want to enter To enter a lowercase character or a character from the second set for ...

Page 18: ...bands and search them for active frequencies 1 Repeatedly press SEARCH to select your desired search bank ò ò ò ò ñ ñ ñ ñ ð ð ð ð ï ï ï ï î î î î or í í í í 2 In the marine and CB bands you can directly select a channel or search through the band When appears at the left most position of the second line you can directly select a channel refer to the following band charts Press the desired channel ...

Page 19: ...16 156 8000 17 156 8500 18 156 9000 19 156 9500 20 157 0000 161 6000 21 157 0500 22 157 1000 23 157 1500 24 157 2000 161 8000 25 157 2500 161 8500 26 157 3000 161 9000 27 157 3500 161 9500 28 157 4000 162 0000 63 156 1750 64 156 2250 160 825 65 156 2750 66 156 3250 67 156 3750 68 156 4250 69 156 4750 70 156 5250 71 156 5750 72 156 6250 73 156 6750 74 156 7250 77 156 8750 78 156 9250 79 156 9750 80...

Page 20: ...88 157 4250 CHANNEL FREQUENCY MHz CHANNEL FREQUENCY MHz 01 26 9650 02 26 9750 03 26 9850 04 27 0050 05 27 0150 06 27 0250 07 27 0350 08 27 0550 09 27 0650 10 27 0750 11 27 0850 12 27 1050 13 27 1150 14 27 1250 15 27 1350 16 27 1550 17 27 1650 18 27 1750 19 27 1850 20 27 2050 21 27 2150 22 27 2250 23 27 2550 24 27 2350 25 27 2450 26 27 2650 27 27 2750 28 27 2850 29 27 2950 30 27 3050 31 27 3150 32 ...

Page 21: ...Y MHz STEP kHz 0 33 420 33 980 20 37 020 37 420 20 39 020 39 980 20 42 020 42 940 20 44 620 45 860 40 45 880 45 900 45 940 46 060 40 46 080 46 500 20 1 153 770 154 130 60 154 145 154 445 15 154 650 154 950 15 155 010 155 370 60 155 415 155 700 15 155 730 156 210 60 158 730 159 210 60 166 250 170 150 CHANNEL FREQUENCY MHz CHANNEL FREQUENCY MHz ...

Page 22: ...rs in the top line and the cursor blinks on the second line for the lower end limit frequency 3 Enter the desired lower end limit fre quency including the decimal point with the number keys and DELAY 2 453 0375 453 9625 12 5 458 0375 458 9625 12 5 460 0125 460 6375 12 5 465 0125 465 6375 12 5 3 856 2125 860 9875 25 866 0125 868 9875 12 5 FREQUENCY MHz STEP kHz 108 000 136 9875 12 5 GROUP FREQUENCY...

Page 23: ... Q disappears and the scanner stops when it detects an active signal even it is slightly off Zeromatic functions only in search bank 2 3 4 and 5 There are several group banks in SR2 Police Fire and SR4 Ham bands You can turn off or on the groups by pressing the group numbers For example to turn off ò ò ò ò press 0 In the Air and the Limit search bands press FUNC then 8 8 8 8 to start searching up ...

Page 24: ... It uses only the message text portion of the SAME signal 38IE E 38IE E 38IE E 38IE E 38K 38K 38K 38K K8K K8K K8K K8K D D D D EK EK EK EK or 0 JK 0 JK 0 JK 0 JKý JJ8 ý JJ8 ý JJ8 ý JJ8 Your scanner can also receive weather alert tones see Priority on Page 27 The scanner sounds an alert or beeps when it receives the SAME code If you do not stop the alert it sounds for five minutes The alert then sto...

Page 25: ...ed on the chan nel After about 2 seconds the scanner automatically returns to search mode 3 If you try to copy a frequency which is already stored the scanner sounds the notice tone 3 times after you press ENTER LGCô ý á OOO LGCô ý á OOO LGCô ý á OOO LGCô ý á OOO appears at the bottom line If you want to copy the duplicate frequency anyway press ENTER or if not press CLEAR to cancel Copying a Freq...

Page 26: ...ur scanner s channels Then when the scanner stops on the channel appears and the scanner continues to monitor the channel for 2 seconds after the transmission stops be fore it resumes scanning or searching To turn delay on or off press DELAY LOCKING OUT CHANNELS OR FREQUENCIES You can scan existing channels or search frequencies faster by locking out channels or frequencies that have a continuous ...

Page 27: ... frequen cies Clearing a Locked Out Frequency To clear a locked out frequency select that frequency see Reviewing Locked Out Fre quencies then press CLEAR If all locked out frequencies are cleared with in a bank DGKPôý F BFLKýC JK DGKPôý F BFLKýC JK DGKPôý F BFLKýC JK DGKPôý F BFLKýC JK appears Clearing All Locked Out Frequen cies in a Search Bank 1 Press SEARCH 2 Select the search bank in which y...

Page 28: ... appears on the bot tom line If the scanner detects activity on the priority channel I ý á I ý á I ý á I ý á 8EE C 8EE C 8EE C 8EE C appears for 3 seconds Or if the scanner detects a weather alert tone in Priority WX mode I ýá I ýá I ýá I ýá 8EE C 8EE C 8EE C 8EE C appears for 3 seconds then changes to 3 8K Iý ã 0 3 8K Iý ã 0 3 8K Iý ã 0 3 8K Iý ã 0 and the scanner sounds an alert The scanner soun...

Page 29: ...r off appears Press ATT to turn on or off the attenuator ã00FE ã00FE ã00FE ã00FE or ã00V ã00V ã00V ã00Vý appears on the bottom line while scanning Press FUNC then ATT again to turn off the global attenuation mode FID8Cýã00 FID8Cýã00 FID8Cýã00 FID8Cýã00 is indi cated at the bottom line for 2 seconds Note If you turn on the attenuator the scan ner might not receive weak signals TURNING THE KEY TONE ...

Page 30: ...Talk Group IDs on Page 35 Your PRO 2053 automatically calculates Mo torola voice channel frequencies when it de codes the control channel This eliminates the need to enter all of the Motorola group frequencies unless you do not know which frequencies are the controls If you are un sure which frequencies act as the controls you must enter all the system frequencies Since the control channels are su...

Page 31: ...ssing sound stops This lets the scanner quickly acquire the data channel PROGRAMMING TRUNKING FREQUENCIES You program trunking frequencies the same as non trunked frequencies except that you must store the appropriate mode MOT or ED with each frequency Notes You can scan only one type of trunked frequency either EDACS or Motorola in a bank You can however mix conven tional channels and frequencies...

Page 32: ...y is intentional press ENTER to accept You can replace any frequency by selecting the bank and channel press ing PROG and entering the new fre quency Programming Motorola Trunking Systems UHF Lo You can program the scanner to receive transmissions in the UHF Lo band 406 512 MHz of the Motorola trunking system You can receive these transmissions by checking the trunking system s control channel You...

Page 33: ... 8 8 8 8 or 9 9 9 9 to select the step number ðíôò ðíôò ðíôò ðíôò íòôò íòôò íòôò íòôò or ñðôíý B Qõ ñðôíý B Qõ ñðôíý B Qõ ñðôíý B Qõ then press ENTER 8 Press PROG to enter the program mode 9 Store the trunking IDs into the sub bank in the same bank Programming Motorola Trunking System 800 MHz On the 800 MHz trunking band you can se lect a base frequency normal or offset On the 900 MHz trunking ban...

Page 34: ...rring to the instruction that appears on the dis play If the information was not supplied try the following common fleet maps Block Size Code 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0 S11 S4 S4 S12 S4 S3 S10 S1 1 S11 S4 S4 S4 S10 S10 S1 2 S11 S4 S4 S4 S12 S4 S11 S2 3 S11 S4 S4 S4 S4 S4 S2 4 S11 S4 S4 S4 S4 S12 S4 S3 5 S11 S4 S4 S4 S4 S4 S3 6 S11 S4 S12 S4 S4 S12 S4 S4 7 S11 S4 S4 S4 S4 S4 Block Size Code 9 10 11 12 13 14...

Page 35: ...p ID press TRUNK when the scanner stops on a voice channel trans mission or when a talk group ID is indicated in the manual mode The bottom line indicates where the ID was entered as ý J8M ý 4 ý J8M ý 4 ý J8M ý 4 ý J8M ý 4V4 V4 V4 V44 4 4 4 and then changes toý ýý ý û4444 û4444 û4444 û4444 The first X in ýJ8M ý4V44 ýJ8M ý4V44 ýJ8M ý4V44 ýJ8M ý4V44 is the sub bank number 0 4 in the bank XX is the p...

Page 36: ...nt to track during scanning While the scanner is stopped on a voice channel 2á 2á 2á 2á appears hold down TRUNK for more than 2 seconds ý FC ý ô ý FC ý ô ý FC ý ô ý FC ý ô appears When ID hold is active and the scanner re ceives a voice channel the scan indication at the first digit in the top line is changed to To release ID hold press SCAN or TRUNK Turning Sub Banks On or Off During program mode...

Page 37: ...ýðôòýJ FE J ðôòýJ FE J ðôòýJ FE J ðôòýJ FE J appears 2 Press 8 8 8 8or 9 9 9 9 to select FE FE FE FE òôí òôí òôí òôí ñôò ñôò ñôò ñôò ñôí ñôí ñôí ñôí ðôò ðôò ðôò ðôò ðôí ðôí ðôí ðôí ïôò ïôò ïôò ïôò ïôí ïôí ïôí ïôí or îôò îôò îôò îôò J FE J J FE J J FE J J FE J 3 Press ENTER If the ID delay is active it watches the control channel command for the delay time when ever the signal disappears from the v...

Page 38: ...ion If the ID is stored the text tag appears in the display Otherwise the talk group ID appears in the display In closed mode the scanner only stops on a transmission if the ID is stored This is very useful when you want to narrow the scan in areas where numerous entities utilize the same trunking system For example if the police department sheriff s department fire department and EMS all use the ...

Page 39: ...e fre quencies If you program one of these fre quencies you hear only noise on that frequency If the interference is not severe you might be able to turn SQUELCH clock wise to omit the birdie This scanner s birdie frequencies in MHz are Wavelength Frequencies MHz 10 Meter 28 000 29 700 6 Meter 50 000 54 000 2 Meter 144 000 148 000 70 cm 420 000 450 000 33 cm 902 000 928 000 25 cm 1240 000 1300 000...

Page 40: ...ke a list of all the birdies in your scanner for future reference GUIDE TO THE ACTION BANDS Typical Band Usage HF Band VHF Band UHF Low Band MHz 408 0000 420 7500 433 15625 439 3000 445 44375 451 5875 457 73125 463 875 470 250 484 500 494 59375 500 7375 506 88125 UHF High Band MHz 811 0125 812 700 816 075 816 150 817 1565 852 96875 867 20625 930 775 1244 175 1250 175 1256 45625 1268 750 1268 775 H...

Page 41: ...000 MHz FM TV Audio Broadcast Wide Band 470 000 512 000 MHz 800 band Law Enforcement 806 000 824 000 MHz Conventional Systems 851 000 856 000 MHz Conventional Trunked Systems 856 000 861 000 MHz Public Safety 866 000 869 000 MHz Trunked Private General 894 000 960 000 MHz 25 cm Amateur 1240 000 1300 000 MHz Activities Frequencies Government Police and Fire 153 785 155 980 MHz Emergency Services 15...

Page 42: ...SB Conventional Trunked Systems FIRE Fire Department HAM Amateur Ham Radio GOVT Federal Government GMR General Mobile Radio GTR General Trunked IND Industrial Services Manufacturing Construction Farming and Forest Products MAR Military Amateur Radio MARI Maritime Limited Coast Coast Guard Marine Telephone Shipboard Radio and Private Stations MARS Military Affiliate Radio System MED Emergency Medic...

Page 43: ...teur Band in 5 kHz steps VERY HIGH FREQUENCY VHF VHF Low Band 29 50 MHz in 5 kHz steps Range Service 25 020 25 320 IND 25 870 26 470 RTV 26 62 CAP 26 965 27 405 CB 27 430 27 630 BUS Frequency Range Service 28 000 29 700 MHz HAM Frequency Range Service Frequency Range Service 29 900 30 550 GOVT MIL 30 580 31 980 IND PUB 32 000 32 990 GOVT MIL 33 020 33 980 BUS IND PUB 34 010 34 990 GOVT MIL 35 020 ...

Page 44: ...40 POL 42 960 43 180 IND 43 220 43 680 IND PUB 43 700 44 600 TRAN 44 620 46 580 POL PUB 46 600 46 990 GOVT 47 020 47 400 PUB 47 420 American Red Cross 47 440 49 580 IND PUB 49 610 49 990 MIL Frequency Range Service 50 000 54 000 HAM Frequency Range Service 108 000 121 490 AIR 121 500 AIR Emergency 121 510 136 975 AIR Frequency Range Service 137 000 144 000 GOVT MIL Frequency Range Service 144 000 ...

Page 45: ...2 270 152 480 IND TAXI BUS 152 510 152 840 TELB 152 870 153 020 IND MOV 153 035 153 725 IND OIL UTIL 153 740 154 445 PUB FIRE 154 490 154 570 IND BUS 154 585 Oil Spill Cleanup 154 600 154 625 BUS 154 655 156 240 MED ROAD POL PUB 156 255 157 425 OIL MARI 157 450 MED 157 470 157 515 TOW 157 530 157 725 IND TAXI 157 740 BUS 157 770 158 100 TELB 158 130 158 460 BUS IND UTIL 158 490 158 700 TELB 158 73...

Page 46: ...X 166 250 GOVT RTV FIRE 166 275 169 400 GOVT BIFC 169 445 169 505 Wireless Mikes GOVT 169 550 169 9875 GOVT MIL USXX 170 000 170 150 BIFC GOVT RTV FIRE 170 175 170 225 GOVT 170 245 170 305 Wireless Mikes 170 350 170 400 GOVT MIL 170 425 170 450 BIFC 170 475 PUB 170 4875 173 175 GOVT PUB Wireless Mikes 173 225 173 5375 MOV NEWS UTIL MIL 173 5625 173 5875 MIL Medical Crash Crews 173 600 173 9875 GOV...

Page 47: ...USXX Frequency Range Service 420 000 450 000 HAM Frequency Range Service 450 050 450 925 RTV 451 025 452 025 IND OIL UTIL 452 0375 453 000 IND TAXI TRAN TOW NEWS 453 0125 454 000 PUB OIL 454 025 454 975 TELB 455 050 455 925 RTV 457 525 457 600 BUS 458 025 458 175 MED 460 0125 460 6375 FIRE POL PUB 460 650 462 175 BUS 462 1875 462 450 BUS IND 462 4625 462 525 IND OIL TELM UTIL 462 550 462 925 GMR B...

Page 48: ...steps Trunked Systems Band Locally Assigned in 6 25 kHz steps Public Safety Band Locally Assigned in 6 25 kHz steps 33 Centimeter Amateur Band 902 928 MHz in 6 25 kHz steps Frequency Channel Frequency Channel 475 750 14 481 750 15 487 750 16 493 750 17 499 750 18 505 750 19 511 750 20 Frequency Range Service 851 0125 855 9875 MHz CTSB Frequency Range Service 856 0125 860 9875 MHz TSB Frequency Ran...

Page 49: ...ion can help you make the necessary con versions 1 MHz million 1 000 kHz thousand To convert MHz to kHz multiply the number of megahertz by 1 000 30 62 MHz x 1000 30 620 kHz To convert from kHz to MHz divide the num ber of kilohertz by 1 000 127 800 kHz 1000 127 8 MHz To convert MHz to meters divide 300 by the number of megahertz 300 50 MHz 6 meters Frequency Range Service 935 0125 939 9875 MHz PT...

Page 50: ...d in the scanner s memory Initialize the scanner only when you are sure the scanner is not working properly 1 Turn off the scanner then turn it on again 3 C FD ý 0Fý L8Cý 0ILEB E 3 C FD ý 0Fý L8Cý 0ILEB E 3 C FD ý 0Fý L8Cý 0ILEB E 3 C FD ý 0Fý L8Cý 0ILEB E appears Problem Possible Cause Remedy Scanner is on but will not scan SQUELCH is not adjusted cor rectly Turn SQUELCH clockwise See Turning on ...

Page 51: ...ý á ý òò â8EBý òý á ý òò appears on the bottom line CARE To enjoy your RadioShack Desktop Scanner for a long time Keep the scanner dry If it gets wet wipe it dry immediately Use and store the scanner only in nor mal temperature environments Handle the scanner gently and carefully Do not drop it Keep the scanner away from dust and dirt Wipe the scanner with a damp cloth occasionally to keep it look...

Page 52: ... MHz in 6 25 kHz steps 1240 1300 MHz in 6 25 kHz steps Memory channels 300 Channel memory banks 10 Number of memory channels per bank 30 Talk group ID memories 1 000 ID memory banks 10 Sub banks per bank 5 Number of memory IDs per sub bank 20 Sensitivity 20 dB S N FM 25 54 MHz 0 3 µV 108 136 9875 MHz 0 3 µV 137 174 MHz 0 5 µV 216 225 MHz 0 5 µV 406 512 MHz 0 5 µV 806 960 MHz 0 7 µV 1240 1300 MHz 0...

Page 53: ...ng 2 seconds Operating Temperature 32 to 110 F 0 to 43 C IF Rejection 380 8 MHz at 154 1 MHz 60 dB 21 4 MHz at 154 1 MHz 100 dB Squelch Sensitivity Threshold FM and AM 0 5 µV Tight FM 25 dB Tight AM 20 dB Antenna Impedance 50 Ohms Audio Output Power 10 THD 1 2 W Built in Speaker 3 Inches 77 mm 8 ohm Dynamic Type Power Requirements 120V AC 200 mA 60 Hz or 12V DC Dimensions HWD 3 1 8 8 1 2 6 1 2 Inc...

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Page 56: ...t during the warranty period take the product and the RadioShack sales receipt as proof of purchase date to any RadioShack store RadioShack will at its option un less otherwise provided by law a correct the defect by product repair without charge for parts and labor b replace the product with one of the same or similar design or c refund the purchase price All replaced parts and products and produ...